Graphophone-record album.



W. BAKER.

GRAPHOPHONE RECORD ALBUM.

APPLICATION FILED sBPT.1s. 1911.

1,032,644. Patented Ju1y16,1.912.

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'WALTER BAKER, OF ACORN, OREGON.

GRArHoPHoNn-Rnoonn ALBUM.

speeicauon of Letters raient.

resented July 16,1912'.

'lo all whom it lmay eoncem:

Be it known that'A I, WALTER BAKER, a citir 4record can be readily andquickly obtained.

Another object of the invention is to provide an album wherein therecords will be protected against breakage or damage by scratching orthe like In the drawing, forming a portion of this I specification andin which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views Figure l, is a perspective view of the album showing` thesame in partly open position. Fig.V 2 is a transverse section throughthe cover member of the album. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through oneof the leaves of the album. i

My improved album comprises a cover l which may be constructed of anysuitable material, and as shown, the member 2 of the cover is providedwith a pair of arcuate socket. members 8 into which the similar prongmembers -i on the member 5 of the cover are adapted to be extended, thesaid ,members 3 and l cooperating so as to form a leaf retainer.

The leaves ot the cover are identically constructed and each comprisesan internisdiate sheet of cardboard or other suitable rigid material (iand outer similar layers oit material 7 and 8. The materials 7 and 8 areeach provided with a central aperture i). The leaf is covered by clothor other suitable pliable material l0, and as shown, the material ispressed into Athe openings 9 in the members or materials 7 and 8 andpreferably passed, at ll, to the member G. Strips of materiall aresecured to the leaves so as to partly close the openings t). Thesestrips :und the openings 9 define pecketsv for the disk records, shown.inFig. 3 of the drawing. -'`hese pockets are open, at 13, so as vtopermit of the insertion of the record into or the removalof the samefrom the pocket. .fidjaeent to the open ends of the pockets, the wallsoit the openings 9 are tlared, as shown at lei, so 4as to torm guidingsurfaces to facilitate the removal of the record.

llithdrawin an` or ejecting devices are employed for removing therecords from the pockets, and as shown, these devices are eachconstructed from a single piece of flexible material lsueh as tapel oneend of the material being secured in any suitable wellknown manner inthe pocket and extended downwardly thereinto, at 1G, and across thebottom of the pocket, at l?, and then upwardly at 18, and downwardly, at19. The portion 19 forms a manipulating tab which may be grasped by thehand when it is desired to remove the record. It will of course beunderstood that the tape is placed between the record and the material 6so that on drawing upwardly on the tape `the record will be movedupwardly as shown in the dot-ted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

Any suitable number oi" leaves f may be provided and the leaves arepreferably numbered, at Q0. The members 2 and 5 respectively, of thecover are correspondingly munbered, at 2l, providing an index on whichthe names of the records may be written. A suitable, lock such as theone shown at 2Q, is provided ior holding the members 2 and 5respectively, el the cover closed.

I claim:-

A. member having a pocket, the said member having an outwardly iiaredportion above the pocket, and a withdrawing mem ber located in thepocket and disposed beneath the said tlared portion of the member.

ln testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER BAKER.

Witnesses An'rnrn lil. Snrru, Jour: il. BAKER Washington, I). C.

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